Within your assigned chapter, share some of the quotes you have highlighted while reading that you think are important or quotes that you think need some clarification. Make sure you explain the significance of these quotes and cite the page on which they appear.
11/3/08
Chapter 1
"This is what I know about myself. She was all I wanted. And I took her away."
-Lily Owens, page 8
In this quote, Lily talks about how she misses her mother, and how she feels completely responsible for the fact that she doesn't have her. This quote is significant to the chapter because it helps us understand one of Lily's main concerns and desires.
"I worried so much about how I looked and whether I was doing things right that I felt half the time I was impersonating a girl rather than actually being one."
-Lily Owens, page 9
In this quote, Lily is talking about how she feels at school and with friends. This quote is significant because Lily lets out how lost she really is without her mother and how she really feels about her own life.
"I thought, she loves me, and it was the first time such a far-fetched idea had occurred to me."
-Lily Owens, page 12
In this quote, Lily is talking about how Rosaleen was protecting her easter chick. This quote is significant because it shows that without her mother Lily is very unloved and feels like the only person that could ever possibly love her is Rosaleen.
A.F.
Chapter 2
11/3/08
"In a matter of seconds I knew exactly what I had to do--leave."
--Lily Owens (p. 41)
Lily says this after Rosaleen is put in jail and T. Ray is angry with Lily for getting into trouble. When T. Ray is about to hit her, Lily says that her mother will protect her. T. Ray laughs, and tells Lily that her mother had left her, and had only come back to retrieve some personal items. This quote is important because it pinpoints the moment in the novel when Lily decides to take initiative in her life and to change her circumstance. She also matures a character because the challenges the authority her father has over her.
"He'd as soon kill her as look at her."
--T.Ray (p. 38)
T.Ray is telling Lily about the man Rosaleen provoked, Franklin Posey. This shows the danger Rosaleen would be in, even if the policeman disciplined Mr. Posey. This foreshadows that Lily and Rosaleen may have to take desperate measures to keep Rosaleen safe.
"There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you've hung it so careful."
--Lily Owens (p. 50)
Lily is riding with Rosaleen on the back of a truck, running away to Tiburon. She hears a song on the truck's radio. This quote shows how quickly Lily's life has turned upside down, and how she has lost everyone she loves except for Rosaleen.
--mms
Chapter 4 11/5/08 "How I hated T. Ray, and the girls at school, but mostly myself for taking away my mother."
-- Lily Owens (p. 71)
Lily was feeling angry and upset at herself , T. Ray , and the girls at her school.
"Rosaleen...Smith, and Lily...Williams."
-- Lily Owens (p.73)
Lily and Rosaleen have just met the two sisters August and May, Lily is telling them a lie about her backgroud.
"August is so intelligent, so cultured."
-- Lily Owens (p. 78)
Lily was admiring August, and also comparing her to Rosaleen.
-- JML
Chapter 5 1. “The world will give you that once in a while, a brief time- out; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.”-Lily Owens (pg.82) Lily say this when she explains what a relief being at August’s has been. 2. “Singing made me feel like a regular person again.”-Lily Owens (pg.83) Lily explains how she loves the silliness of singing. I felt that it made her forget about the bad in her life, and only reminded her of the good. She goes on saying how it said everything living at August’s. 3. “Jesus had a righteous indignation when he turned over the tables in the temple and drove out the thieving moneychangers. -Lily Owens (pg.87) Lily says this when she over hears June saying how she didn’t want Lily staying with them. It upset Lily, and made her think of marching up to June, and flipping over tables as Jesus did, and exclaiming how June doesn’t even know her. Lily had never dealt with someone judging her by her skin color, and I don’t think she realized that has to deal with people judging her by color each day.
E.M.
November 10, 2008 Chapter 6
"I never considered until then that colored people could blush, or maybe it was anger that turned Junes's face and ears such a dark plum color."
-Lily Owens (page 104)
Lily has just figured out that colored people could look like they had the same feelings that white people did.
"I looked over at Rosaleen, who I barely recgonized for the way she leaned forward in her chair, chanting along with them."
-Lily Owens (page 109)
Lily has realized how much an issue slavery was to colored people and how much it mattered.
"I knew one day I would go back into the parlor when no one was around and touch the Lady's heart."
-Lily Owens (page 114)
Lily has thought about how different everything is going to be once they land the Ranger 7 on the moon. She wants to touch the Lady's heart to know that she admires her.
(L.B.)
Chapter 7- 11/10/08
"Part of me was always braced for T- Ray or Mr. Shoe Gaston to drive up and end my charmed life." - Lily Owens (Pg. 115)
Lily has been living with the Boatwright sisters for eight days now, and it is almost too good to be true. Lily is scared that someone will come and find her and take her back to T- Ray and her horrible life.
"I laughed the way May cried."
-Lily Owens (Pg. 125)
May cries a lot, and she cries with a lot of emotion. Lily is comparing herself to May because she laughed very hard for a very long time.
"I was crying, I realized, for Zach."
- Lily Owens (Pg. 128)
This shows that Lily really cares a lot about Zach, and that he is an important character in her life.
EL
November 11, 2008 Chapter 8
"No one had ever asked me this before. What did I love?" -Lily Owens (page 139)
This quote shows that Lily was shocked by August's question of what she loved because T. Ray had never desired to no things about his daughter, Lily. Because no one had ever asked her that question, she had to take some time to think about the answer. If you were asked that question it would be easy to answer but for Lily it was a difficult not only because it was a new question but also because she could not say that she loved her mother or the picture of her mother or the gloves or the picture of black Modonna.
"I wished I could do like the bees, just bump her forehead with a warning, tap it with my finger. I got my eye on you. Be careful. Don't go any further."
-Lily Owens (page 152)
This quote shows that Lily is not ready to talk about her past with August and is trying to avoid talking about it for awhile longer.
AC Chapter 9 11-12-08
"Oh, yes, Deborah Fontanel. She stayed out there in the honey house. She was the sweetest thing."
-May Boatwright pg 173
After Lily sees May with grahm crackers and marshmallows she asks about her mother. May remembers her and this gives Lily hope that her mother had really been here.
"If August is the red heart on Mary's chest, Rosaleen is the fist."
-Lily Owens pg 182 (thinking)
Lily thinks this when Zach is in jail, Rosaleen is standing next to Clayton with her hands on her hips. Lily thinks that August has a great heart, like Mary's. On the other hand Rosaleen is strong and tough like Mary's fists. Together, in Lily's mind, they make up the two most important parts of the Mary statue.
Chapter 10 11/14/08
"The police are coming. I looked at Rosaleen, at the ends of her mouth turned down. The police hadn't reconginzed me the day I'd visited the jail; I hoped they didn't get lucky with Rosaleen." -Lily Owens page 191
While looking for May, June was sent out to call the police. When June came back she said the police were coming, and the Lily realized they might recongize Rosaleen after being missing from the jail in Sylvan.
"The only parts of her not submerged were her hands. They floated, her palms little ragged cups bobbing on the surface, the water weaving in and out of her fingers. Even now that's the picture that will wake me up in the night, not May's eyes, open and staring, or the stone resting on her like a grave slab. Her hands." -Lily Owens page 193
August, June, Rosaleen, and Lily have found May in the river dead. Lily is not thinking about the main picture of May, but her hands.
MP
Chapter 11 12/2/08
"Sometimes I didn't even feel like getting out of bed. I took to wearing my days-of-the-week panties out of order. It could be Monday and I'd have on underwear saying Thursday. I just didn't care." (Pg. 215)
This quote really stood out to me because it showed that Lily was still really sad after the death of May, even after days of mourning. This quote shows that Lily is just sad about May's death and Lily is sort of a mess because of all of the anger built up inside her. She really misses May and wishes she was still alive, but Lily learned that you can't change the past and decided to make the best out of her future. Chapter 12 11-16-08
"After a few minutes, August said, here's what I can't figure out, Lilly-how you knew to come here. I pulled the wooden picture of the Black Mary form my pocket i handed it to her. It belonged to my mother, I said. I found it in the attic, the same time i found her photograph. It has Tiburon, South Carolina written on the back of it." (Page 243-244)
This quotation is important because Lily is talking about her guilt over her mother's death and she is learning about her mother, her past. The picture of the Black MAdonna demonstrates the universal mother. August used to take care of Lily's mother and now she is taking care of Lily. August is a mother to Lily. Lily is finding acceptance and love from August.
C.H.
Chapter 14 11/18/08
"Rosaleen, you know what? I'm proud of you."
-Lily Owens, pg.282
This quote is important because through out the whole book Lily talks about about how she loves Rosaleen but also hates her for because she embarreses her all the time. I think this is very important in the book because Rosaleen loves Lily so much and she is like a mother to her so for Lily to even think this or say is so important. Lily is now expressing that she has grown up alot and loves everyone around her especially Rosaleen, and for Lily to be proud of her just shows how much Lily has grown up as a person.
"People can start out one way, and by the time life gets through with them they end up completely different. I dont doubt he started off loving your mother. In fact, I think he worshiped her."
-August boatright pg.293
I think after Lily heard this out of August's mouth she finally relized that T-Ray did love her mother and that sometimes people can change depending on situations that has happened. It just took Lily to finally relize that she is loved my so many people in her life and that T-Ray really did love Lily and Deborah no matter what he says. LMG
QUOTES & CONCEPTS
Within your assigned chapter, share some of the quotes you have highlighted while reading that you think are important or quotes that you think need some clarification. Make sure you explain the significance of these quotes and cite the page on which they appear.
11/3/08
Chapter 1
"This is what I know about myself. She was all I wanted. And I took her away."
-Lily Owens, page 8
In this quote, Lily talks about how she misses her mother, and how she feels completely responsible for the fact that she doesn't have her. This quote is significant to the chapter because it helps us understand one of Lily's main concerns and desires.
"I worried so much about how I looked and whether I was doing things right that I felt half the time I was impersonating a girl rather than actually being one."
-Lily Owens, page 9
In this quote, Lily is talking about how she feels at school and with friends. This quote is significant because Lily lets out how lost she really is without her mother and how she really feels about her own life.
"I thought, she loves me, and it was the first time such a far-fetched idea had occurred to me."
-Lily Owens, page 12
In this quote, Lily is talking about how Rosaleen was protecting her easter chick. This quote is significant because it shows that without her mother Lily is very unloved and feels like the only person that could ever possibly love her is Rosaleen.
A.F.
Chapter 2
11/3/08
"In a matter of seconds I knew exactly what I had to do--leave."
--Lily Owens (p. 41)Lily says this after Rosaleen is put in jail and T. Ray is angry with Lily for getting into trouble. When T. Ray is about to hit her, Lily says that her mother will protect her. T. Ray laughs, and tells Lily that her mother had left her, and had only come back to retrieve some personal items. This quote is important because it pinpoints the moment in the novel when Lily decides to take initiative in her life and to change her circumstance. She also matures a character because the challenges the authority her father has over her.
"He'd as soon kill her as look at her."
--T.Ray (p. 38)
T.Ray is telling Lily about the man Rosaleen provoked, Franklin Posey. This shows the danger Rosaleen would be in, even if the policeman disciplined Mr. Posey. This foreshadows that Lily and Rosaleen may have to take desperate measures to keep Rosaleen safe.
"There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you've hung it so careful."
--Lily Owens (p. 50)
Lily is riding with Rosaleen on the back of a truck, running away to Tiburon. She hears a song on the truck's radio. This quote shows how quickly Lily's life has turned upside down, and how she has lost everyone she loves except for Rosaleen.
--mms
Chapter 4 11/5/08
"How I hated T. Ray, and the girls at school, but mostly myself for taking away my mother."
-- Lily Owens (p. 71)
Lily was feeling angry and upset at herself , T. Ray , and the girls at her school.
"Rosaleen...Smith, and Lily...Williams."
-- Lily Owens (p.73)
Lily and Rosaleen have just met the two sisters August and May, Lily is telling them a lie about her backgroud.
"August is so intelligent, so cultured."
-- Lily Owens (p. 78)
Lily was admiring August, and also comparing her to Rosaleen.
-- JML
Chapter 5
1. “The world will give you that once in a while, a brief time- out; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.”-Lily Owens (pg.82)
Lily say this when she explains what a relief being at August’s has been.
2. “Singing made me feel like a regular person again.”-Lily Owens (pg.83)
Lily explains how she loves the silliness of singing. I felt that it made her forget about the bad in her life, and only reminded her of the good. She goes on saying how it said everything living at August’s.
3. “Jesus had a righteous indignation when he turned over the tables in the temple and drove out the thieving moneychangers. -Lily Owens (pg.87)
Lily says this when she over hears June saying how she didn’t want Lily staying with them. It upset Lily, and made her think of marching up to June, and flipping over tables as Jesus did, and exclaiming how June doesn’t even know her. Lily had never dealt with someone judging her by her skin color, and I don’t think she realized that has to deal with people judging her by color each day.
E.M.
November 10, 2008
Chapter 6
"I never considered until then that colored people could blush, or maybe it was anger that turned Junes's face and ears such a dark plum color."
-Lily Owens (page 104)
Lily has just figured out that colored people could look like they had the same feelings that white people did.
"I looked over at Rosaleen, who I barely recgonized for the way she leaned forward in her chair, chanting along with them."
-Lily Owens (page 109)
Lily has realized how much an issue slavery was to colored people and how much it mattered.
"I knew one day I would go back into the parlor when no one was around and touch the Lady's heart."
-Lily Owens (page 114)
Lily has thought about how different everything is going to be once they land the Ranger 7 on the moon. She wants to touch the Lady's heart to know that she admires her.
(L.B.)
Chapter 7- 11/10/08
"Part of me was always braced for T- Ray or Mr. Shoe Gaston to drive up and end my charmed life." - Lily Owens (Pg. 115)
Lily has been living with the Boatwright sisters for eight days now, and it is almost too good to be true. Lily is scared that someone will come and find her and take her back to T- Ray and her horrible life.
"I laughed the way May cried."
-Lily Owens (Pg. 125)
May cries a lot, and she cries with a lot of emotion. Lily is comparing herself to May because she laughed very hard for a very long time.
"I was crying, I realized, for Zach."
- Lily Owens (Pg. 128)
This shows that Lily really cares a lot about Zach, and that he is an important character in her life.
EL
November 11, 2008
Chapter 8
"No one had ever asked me this before. What did I love?" -Lily Owens (page 139)
This quote shows that Lily was shocked by August's question of what she loved because T. Ray had never desired to no things about his daughter, Lily. Because no one had ever asked her that question, she had to take some time to think about the answer. If you were asked that question it would be easy to answer but for Lily it was a difficult not only because it was a new question but also because she could not say that she loved her mother or the picture of her mother or the gloves or the picture of black Modonna.
"I wished I could do like the bees, just bump her forehead with a warning, tap it with my finger. I got my eye on you. Be careful. Don't go any further."
-Lily Owens (page 152)
This quote shows that Lily is not ready to talk about her past with August and is trying to avoid talking about it for awhile longer.
AC
Chapter 9 11-12-08
"Oh, yes, Deborah Fontanel. She stayed out there in the honey house. She was the sweetest thing."
-May Boatwright pg 173
After Lily sees May with grahm crackers and marshmallows she asks about her mother. May remembers her and this gives Lily hope that her mother had really been here.
"If August is the red heart on Mary's chest, Rosaleen is the fist."
-Lily Owens pg 182 (thinking)
Lily thinks this when Zach is in jail, Rosaleen is standing next to Clayton with her hands on her hips. Lily thinks that August has a great heart, like Mary's. On the other hand Rosaleen is strong and tough like Mary's fists. Together, in Lily's mind, they make up the two most important parts of the Mary statue.
Chapter 10 11/14/08
- "The police are coming. I looked at Rosaleen, at the ends of her mouth turned down. The police hadn't reconginzed me the day I'd visited the jail; I hoped they didn't get lucky with Rosaleen." -Lily Owens page 191
- "The only parts of her not submerged were her hands. They floated, her palms little ragged cups bobbing on the surface, the water weaving in and out of her fingers. Even now that's the picture that will wake me up in the night, not May's eyes, open and staring, or the stone resting on her like a grave slab. Her hands." -Lily Owens page 193
MPWhile looking for May, June was sent out to call the police. When June came back she said the police were coming, and the Lily realized they might recongize Rosaleen after being missing from the jail in Sylvan.
August, June, Rosaleen, and Lily have found May in the river dead. Lily is not thinking about the main picture of May, but her hands.
Chapter 11 12/2/08
"Sometimes I didn't even feel like getting out of bed. I took to wearing my days-of-the-week panties out of order. It could be Monday and I'd have on underwear saying Thursday. I just didn't care." (Pg. 215)
This quote really stood out to me because it showed that Lily was still really sad after the death of May, even after days of mourning. This quote shows that Lily is just sad about May's death and Lily is sort of a mess because of all of the anger built up inside her. She really misses May and wishes she was still alive, but Lily learned that you can't change the past and decided to make the best out of her future.
Chapter 12 11-16-08
"After a few minutes, August said, here's what I can't figure out, Lilly-how you knew to come here. I pulled the wooden picture of the Black Mary form my pocket i handed it to her. It belonged to my mother, I said. I found it in the attic, the same time i found her photograph. It has Tiburon, South Carolina written on the back of it." (Page 243-244)
This quotation is important because Lily is talking about her guilt over her mother's death and she is learning about her mother, her past. The picture of the Black MAdonna demonstrates the universal mother. August used to take care of Lily's mother and now she is taking care of Lily. August is a mother to Lily. Lily is finding acceptance and love from August.
C.H.
Chapter 14 11/18/08
"Rosaleen, you know what? I'm proud of you."
-Lily Owens, pg.282
This quote is important because through out the whole book Lily talks about about how she loves Rosaleen but also hates her for because she embarreses her all the time. I think this is very important in the book because Rosaleen loves Lily so much and she is like a mother to her so for Lily to even think this or say is so important. Lily is now expressing that she has grown up alot and loves everyone around her especially Rosaleen, and for Lily to be proud of her just shows how much Lily has grown up as a person.
"People can start out one way, and by the time life gets through with them they end up completely different. I dont doubt he started off loving your mother. In fact, I think he worshiped her."
-August boatright pg.293
I think after Lily heard this out of August's mouth she finally relized that T-Ray did love her mother and that sometimes people can change depending on situations that has happened. It just took Lily to finally relize that she is loved my so many people in her life and that T-Ray really did love Lily and Deborah no matter what he says.
LMG